After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (played in the movie by great character actor Jeffrey Tambor in one of his few leading roles) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career.

But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure after meeting struggling actor Spencer (Jesse Plemons) and his old flame Didi (Melinda McGraw) in a famous Broadway restaurant (modeled on Joe Allen) where he hopes to wrap up the financing.

Written in the style of a British farce, this is the original script, not the shooting script.